The Recluse of Fifth Avenue
By WYNDHAM MARTYN
S TO R Y FR O M T H E S T A R T
F ro m th e c o m f o r ta b le fjnanclal
s itu a tio n to w h ich he h ad b ee n
born, P e te r
M llm an, A m erican
g e n t le m e n o f th e old school, a n d
l a s t o f h i s f a m i l y , Is p r a c t i c a l l y
r e d u c e d to p e n u r y th r o u g h th e
m is fo rtu n e of a frien d u n w isely
tru s te d . L e a r n in g of B r e w e r s s u i
cide, w h ic h m e a n s t h e d e s t i u c t l o n
of h is lust hope, M llm an e n g a g e s
a F re n c h b u tle r, A chilla L u try
w h o s p e a k s n o E n g l i s h , a n d Is
to rop lu c e Sneed, s e r v a n t of long
standing.
By
L utry,
M llm an
s e n d s l e t t e r s to P ro f. F l e m i n g
B ra d n e y , F loyd M ale t and Nee-
la n d
B arnes,
men
whom
the
w o r l d li a s c l a s s i f i e d a s f a i l u r e s ,
once of h ig h position. In response,
th e th r e e c a ll on h im a t his home.
A fte r d in n e r each re la te s the c i r
c u m sta n c e s th a t w re c k e d th e ir
c a re ers. M llm an con v in ces th e m
t h a t th e ir m isfo rtu n e s w ere all
d u e to on e m a n , P a u l K axon.
CHAPTER IV
W hen m idnight wns passed and the
tour men very com fortably seated
about th e fire, Neeland B arnes began
to think there was to be no unm asking
of his past. In a sense he was glad.
These two men whom he had begun
by despising seemed, a fte r all. to hnve
cut considerable tlgures once. Barnes
was a shrew’d Judge of men. He
thought th a t they hud spoken only the
truth. T he big mnn w ith the eager,
gray eyes was most certainly no
grafter. And as to the other, B um es
reculled his case well now It was
brought to his notice. He had sneered
a t the sculptor's odd defense and be
lieved It w ith most men about town a
very poor excuse. But now he be
lieved absolutely In Floyd M alet's In
tegrity.
In comparison, Neelund
Barnes, professional mun-of-the-world,
felt ra th e r a poor specimen.
“ We now come," said Mllman, b reak
ing In on his reflections, “to the case
of Mr. Neeland Barnes.”
Mr. Neeland B arnes groaned In
wardly.
E xteriorly he w as urbane
»ml grnrlous.
“ Shearing the black sheep.” he said.
“A lesson to all young men. How not
to live.”
“Mr. B arnes," said P e ter Mllman,
“Is not so complex a type as his fel
low-guests. H e aim ed at physical a t
tributes ra th e r than Intellectual or a r
tistic achievem ents. And he succeed
ed Just as they did. I doubt if there
Is an Am erican living who excelled In
certuln phases of sport us Mr. B arnes
did.
“H e w as a m an who m ight have
passed a blam eless life had his
money lasted. T here cam e a tim e
w hen Ills relatives would not help
and his horses could not win races.
Finally, he was accused of some tric k
ery a t Saratoga and found his racing
career a t an end. Since then he has
been living Insecurely on w hat his
few rem aining relatives choose to
give him.”
,
"Mr. Mllman,” B arnes said, and
there was a certain dignity In his bear
ing, “I have been alm ost every sort
of a fool In my day. I have thrown
aw ay fortunes and gambled and drunk
like a madman, but I never pulled
any dirty tricks on a race track. I wns
ulways out to win and never betted
against my own horses. I'm not w hat
you m ight cull a reliable man, and I've
done things I'm heartily asham ed of
now, hut I did not do w hat the S ara
toga stew ards believed of me.”
“W hat did they believe?” Bradney
demanded. He know nothing of racing.
"My tra in e r gave evidence before
them th a t I Instructed him to dope
my entry for the Sarntoga cup so
th a t I m ight bet on another horse.
Mine w as the favorite. It did go
to the post full of bromide, and the
horse I w as reputed to hnve bet on
won a t long odds. I had the train er
aguinst me und the bookm aker, and,
because I wns known to be In mone
tary difficulties, I wns disbelieved.
Not th a t I blame the stew ards. They
did th eir duty as they saw It. Some
body fixed my train er and tho Jockey.
I w as forced out of the racing game,
and found I hadn’t a friend In the
world. My wife would have believed
me, but she w as dead. I used what
money I could get hold of to fight the
thing, but the mnn, or men, who
fram ed me had m ore money. I shall
never know who It was."
"I know,” said P eter Mllman quiet
ly. “You w ere not fram ed, as you
term It, by any crooked owner of
thoroughbreds. None of them was big
enough to pull down a man of your
sort. You had traditions and a nnme
behind you. Your downfall came be
cause you threw a man from the pier
a t N arrag an sett Into the A tlantic
ocean. Do you rem em ber?”
“ Yes," B arnes said slowly, "I think
I do. T here w as a woman mixed up
In It, hut I forget her nam e now. She
w as one of those little fluffy blondes
th a t w ere fashlonatde th a t season. Ah,
I have It. She was a roof-garden star.
A man came up and tried to make a
scene. My Aunt Sarah, who was most
p a rtícu la :, "'n s coming tow ard us.
T he thing would h a re been most dis
astro u s because I had turned over a
pew lea f the previous evening and a
codicil was to be added to her will.
F ortunately, the man struck a t me,
and I thought the sim plest way out of
It w as to drop him In the sea. Aunt
Sarah, being short-sighted, did not
even see him disappear." Mr. Barnes
mused on the thing for a few moments.
“Most extraordinary. I never saw him
again. T here was no summons, no
publicity—nothing. I w as a hit un
easy at first lest he should have been
4ro«'ned. hut somebody saw him crawl
J
Copyright In the U n ite d g u
W I U bonne*
ashore. I never knew his name, and
I never saw the blonde ngaln.”
“The man you threw Into the w ater
was the man who arranged m atters so
th at you should he compelled to give
up racing." T here was a trace of
trium ph In Mr. M llman's manner.
"You will never be able to prove It,
so don’t try.”
“And 1 hoped he didn’t drown," said
Barnes, looking about for sym pathy.
“W hat’s his nam e?" B arnes did not
doubt his host’s sincerity for a mo
ment.
“All in good time,” said M llm an;
“first let me show yon his photograph.”
lie unlocked a draw er and took the
picture from an envelope. “Is thnt
he?”
"As I rem em ber It, yes,” said
B a rn e s; “but It’s years ago, and there
might be a possibility of error."
Mllmnn passed the photograph to
Floyd Malet.
“Do you recognize him?”
There wns excitem ent In the sculp
to r’s voice. " It’s the man w ith the
A Few H undred Spent In B ribery.
fur coat who came to my studio thnt
night. T his Is the man, I’ll sw ear.
W hat’s his nam e?"
“T hat Is the man to whom you all
owe your m isfortunes—Paul Hnxon.”
It was a thin, narrow face th a t
stared back a t them, but It w as not
the face of a fool. Few men w ithout
the early advantage of flnnnclul tra in
ing had Impressed them selves on Wall
Street as he had done. T he collapse
of International Motors and the fail
ure of the H azen Brewer crowd to
break him m ade Hnxnn for the mo
m ent the m ost spectacular figure In
New York. And yet none of M llman's
guests had ever before seen a photo
graph of him. H e had a knuck of out
w itting the new spaper photographers.
H e had sm ashed m any enmeras. It
had com e'to he understood thnt to a t
tem pt to photograph him was to In
cur the enm ity of a man who never
forgave or forgot.
"T hnt he broke Professor B radney
wns a precautionary meusure and not
horn of any personal malice. No doubt
his subordinates had found, the pro
fessor was not rich and supposed him
ripe for the fall. T here Is hardly u
doubt th a t he has m ade enormous
nm nunts by these m ethods, alw ays
covering him self with hopelessly com
prom ised lesser men who dared say
nothing. As to Mr. Malet, th a t was
merely bad luck and not In the first
design. I don’t suppose Ilaxon had
anything personal against him, but he
recognized the opportunity to escape
from a troublesom e position. The only
purely personal spite w as In the case
of Mr. Neeland Barnes. Itaxon was
Intending to buy a big house a t N ar
ragansett and e n te rta in largely."
“J don't rem em ber the nam e there,”
said Barnes.
“He left th e pier,” Mllman nn-
swered. “Itaxon Is curiously sensi
tive to ridicule. H e could not remuln
to be pointed out us the m an Neelund
B arnes had contem ptuously tossed
Into the oceun. It took him several
years t o get his revenge, but It was a
complete one.
H e boasts th a t he
never lets up, and ascribes Indian a n
cestry to this unam lahlo quality. His
most spectacular hatred was th a t my
poor friend H azen Brewer incurred.
“B rew er committed suicide because
he had plunged Into penury a man
who was near and dear to him. Tills
was a man unused to finance, who
tru sted Brewer w ith his fortune and
m ortgaged Ills home In a vain effort
to save tils friend. Brew er felt dis
graced. I think this emotion w as far
m ore potent than the fact of ills flnun
d a l collapse, lie did not know thnt
his friend harbored no liurd thoughts
of him and would huve m ade no coin
plaints. A fter all, the friend's loss
w as very little com pared w ith his
downfall."
Flem ing Bradney, perhaps the clos
est observer of Mllman's guests, wus
becoming possessed with a vast Im
patience to know for wliat reason he
had been summoned. Bradney had the
analytical mind of the scientist. There
w ere several things In Mllman’s n a r
ra tiv e which needed elucidation.
"W hy,” he usked suddenly, "did you
subscribe to a press-clipping ugency
and put a detective on lluxon’s
trac k ? ”
"Because I had learned through a
source entirely confidential th a t It was
Itaxon who had ruined Mr. Malet. 1
w as Interested In Mr. Malet. I think
th a t m arble group proves It. And I
huve said I was Interested In ydur
work too. If it had been possible to
clear you, I should like to have done
so. I am not sure th ere was not some
thing of childish vanity In it. I liked
to sit here In my lonely, unvisited
house und feel I was learning day by
day, hour h.v hour, more about a man
who believed him self ubove the law
and building up tills knowledge Into a
weapon ugulust him. But I found he
wus so secure as to be able to boast
of things that no legal evidence could
charge him with. Neeland Barnes, for
exumple. A few hundreds spent In
bribery, or a few prom ises dropped
as to future patronage, and the thing
w as accomplished.
"All you have done," said Bradney,
who w as suddenly assailed with
doubts us to Milmnn’s u ltim ate pur
pose, “Is to get us here and show us
w hat failures we are. T h at Is not
kind, unless you have n remedy. Don’t
you see it puts us In a very poor light ?
A m an may fall and still have self
respect left. I decline to consider my
self a black sheep. You tell me Raxon
ruined my career. I »hull m ake a
point of seeing the editors of all the
g re at New York papers and telling
them whut you hnve said. Too long a
certain type of man has ruled our
cities In the nam e of dem ocracy.”
T here was no doubt now about Pe
te r M llm an's uneuslness as he listened.
"I thought you understood,” he said
quietly, " th a t this conversation w as
privileged. If you go to your editors
you will do two th in g s : One will be
to convince them th a t you have brood
ed so long on your troubles th a t you
a re mad. The o ther will be to dis
close the confidences a dead mun gave
me.”
"B ut you w ant me to give up the
only chance I may ever huve of clear
ing my name," Ilrndney complained.
“You can never clear It th a t way.
I don't think you cun ever hope to
defeat Paul Itaxon th a t way." Ills
tone changed a little. "Tell me tills
Mr. Bradney.
Which counts more
w ith y o u : the clearing of your nnme
of suspicion of dishonesty—not actual
conviction of It, remember, for your
case never came before a court of
law —or the opportunity to devote
your life to your chosen science?"
“T he latter, of course,” B radaey
cried. “It Is only If I establish my
Innocence th n t I can hope to get an
o ther appointm ent.
Such work as
mine Is very costly. I m ust have large
funds a t my disposal and elaborate
equipm ent."
"And you?" Milmun said, turning to
the sculptor.
“If enough mud Is throw n a t a man.
no m atter how Innocent he Is, some of
It will stick. I have long since aban
doned any hope of being whitew ashed
In n sense, the equipm ent of the scul(>
tor Is expensive. If I were a painter,
It would be a different tiling. T here
Is no Institution to endow broken,
middle-aged men.”
"It Is for th at reason I asked you
all to come here," Mllman answ ered.
“You dou't understand? Gentlemen,
I am a broken middle-aged man. In
Hazen Brew er’s failure my e n tire for
tune went. I mortgaged tills house
to help him. Out of the wreck I may
save enough to live In a couple of
humble rooms for the rest of my life.
We are all In the same boat, all four
of us victims to Paul Raxon’s whims."
"You," Neeland Barnes cried. “You
had till sorts of money, I thought."
(ffo B E C O N T IN U E D .)
Find Red Riding Hood Character in Legend
(By BEV. e H
yiTy.W ATt.-H u
l>. Dean,
Morxty Bible In sti tu te of Chicago.)
<S5. 1927. W estern Newepfttter ITnlen. >
Lesson for June 26
Review—Life and L etters of Peter
(Read I Peter 5:1-11).
GOLDEN TEXT—Follow me and 1
will make you fishers of men.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Lessons from
Peter’s Idle.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Peter In the School
of Christ.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—Peter as a Lea ler
YOUNO PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC—Peter’s Life and Work.
At best, suggestions ns to the
method of review have only a rela
tive value. The Individuality of the
teacher, the aptitude of the pupils and
the departm ent of the school are fac
to rs which determ ine the best method
to use. T hree methods are suggested,
the first two of which are In part
taken from "Peloubet's Notes.”
I. P eter's Characteristic#.
Among the outstanding characteris
tics of P eter may he mentioned Impet
uosity, leadership, courage, cowardice,
chnngeubleness, outspokenness. These
tra its and others are to be found In
the q uarter's lessons.
II.
Biographical.
The features to be stressed In this
plan are P eter’s early life, disciple-
ship, sad fall, restoration, preaching
a t Pentecost, Imprisonment, writings.
III. The Summary Method.
Lesson for A pril 3.
Je su s had first called Peter and
John to become Ills disciples. A fter
w ards he called them to become fish
ers of men. He first calls sinners to
come to IHm for salvation and then
calls those who are saved to serve
Him In winning others to C h rist
Lesson for A p ril 10.
Following tho feeding of the five
thousand, some were disposed to com
pel C hrist to be king. Seemingly to
prevent the disciples from entangle
m ent In this movement He sent them
across the sea. From Ills place of
prayer In the mount lie saw them
struggling against the storm on Lake
Galilee and went to their rescue,
speaking words of comfort. At his In
vitation P eter wnlked on the water,
but when he took his eyes off of the
Savior he began to sink.
Lesson for A p ril 24.
To revive the Crushed hopes of the
disciples and to show them how the
kingdom wns to ho realized, Christ
was trunsflgured before them.
Lesson fo r M ay 1.
P e ter’s downfall began when he re
fused to hoar about the cross. The
steps In his downfall were self-con
fidence, sleeping a t the post of duty,
lack of prayer, zeal w ithout knowl
edge, following C hrist nfnr off, wnrm-
I Ing him self a t the enem y's fire, and
| open denial.
The look of Jesus
; brought him to repentnnee.
Lesson for M ay 8.
Upon word by Mary th at the Lord’s
tomb wns empty, P eter and John hur
riedly made on Investigation. After
Jesus had shown H im self to be nllve
by m any infallible proofs He recom
missioned Peter. Resurrection must
be beyond a peradventure before there
can be m issionary effort.
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Lesson for M ay 15.
F ifty days a fte r Christ ascended the
Holy Spirit w as poured out. When
the prom ise of the F a th er was sent
the disciples were empowered for
witnessing of Christ.
Lesson for M ay 22.
In the power of the Holy Spirit
P eter w rought m iracles and witnessed
for C hrist with such power th at grent
num bers were added unto the church
Lesson for May 29.
A fter Pentecost I’cter, who had
cowered before a Jew ish maid and
shamefully denied his Lord, witnessed
for C hrist In spite of persecution.
Lesson fo r June 5.
In keeping with C hrist’s command
to w itness to the ends of the earth
the m issionary program had so wid
ened as to Include the Gentiles. Cor
nellua, a prom inent Gentile of good
reputation among the Jew s, was used
of God to break down the middle wall
of partition.
Lesson for June 12.
P e ter wns
the gospel.
I the church.
God sent an
Imprisoned for prenclilni;
A g reat crisis was upon
The church prayed and
angel to deliver Peter.
Though C hristians are sojourners In
basket. Arriving nowhere w ith his
suit he carried the damsel off to a the earth they have responsibilities as
neighboring city where be finally de citizens. They should he obedient to
serted her. The uncle’s w rath was so the laws of the country.
aroused th a t he left his seclusion to
Dwell Deep
search for her In the gttlse of a cava
tier, and finding her a fte r a great ex
It Is God's will th a t I should he
pendlture of time, energy and money serene and strong and brave. He does
brought her hack and walled her uj not mean for me to be despairing or
In a cell heslde him. T here she spent depressed. Day by day He will give
13 years and tradition has It that me a m easure of strength adequate
m any m iracles were wrought hy fht for each emergency. "Dwell deep, my
two for pilgrim s who visited them .— soul, dwell deep I”—C hristian O h
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Lesson for A p ril 17.
To give the disciples a clear concep
tion of Ills person, to prepare them
for the dark hour of the cross, Jesus
put to them two questions, “Who do
men say I am?" (R. V.) “Who say
ye th a t I am ?” (R. V.) One’s concep
tion of C hrist’s person determ ines. Ids
character and his service.
Lesson for June 19.
L ittle Bed Riding Hood w as a real
girl, but her history has been altered
In Its Journey down to modern n u r
series. Abraham of Chiuna, a knight
of the Seventh century, who claimed
a girl named Mary as his niece, walled
himself up In a solitary cell as a monk
a fte r changing his mind at th s altar
about matrimony. Mary used to don
her red hood each day and carry
boiled milk and b utter to her uncle,
passing It to him through the one win
dow of his cell. The form er knight
also was visited by a monk whose
nam e w as W olf and whose character
according to ancient historians, quite
Justified the appellation. He used to
fall In with Mary and would make
pleasant Inquiries concerning the con
dlm ents beneath the napkin In her
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